Bioremediation of metal contamination

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-289

  Lovley, Derek R ^a   Coates, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; SOLUBILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030977150     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80005-5     Document Type: Article

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